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Employment Zones
Employment Zones were areas within the UK designated as such to 'loosen restrictions' and requirements on government assistance in job acquisition. Those living in Employment Zones were able to get financial assistance to set up in business, improve their skills or even buy clothes for a job intervieThe zones were managed by the Department for Work and Pensions. Employment Zones Fifteen areas across the UK were classified as Employment Zones. Typically, private sub-contractors would bid for workfare contracts for the designated areas blighted by long-term unemployment. The following companies were classed as Employment Zones providers: Reed in Partnership PLC Pertemps Employment Alliance Ltd Working Links (Employment) Ltd The Wise Group Pelcombe Training Ltd Ingeus (formerly Work Directions UK Ltd) TNG Workzone Criticism of Employment Zones Variant magazine published an article discussing Employment Zones. A.W.o.L. - an independent unemployed group in Brighton and Hove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department For Work And Pensions
, type = Department , seal = , logo = Department for Work and Pensions logo.svg , logo_width = 166px , formed = , preceding1 = , jurisdiction = Government of the United Kingdom , headquarters = Caxton House7th Floor6–12 Tothill StreetLondonSW1H 9NA , employees = 96,011 (as of July 2021) , budget = £176.3 billion (Resource AME),£6.3 billion (Resource DEL),£0.3 billion (Capital DEL),£2.3 billion (Non-Budget Expenditure)Estimated for year ending 31 March 2017 , minister1_name = Mel Stride , minister1_pfo = Secretary of State for Work and Pensions , chief1_name = Peter Schofield , chief1_position = Permanent Secretary , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , chief4_name = , chief4_position = , chief5_name = , chief5_position = , chief6_name = , chief6_position = , chief7_name = , chief7_position = , chief8_name = , chief8_position = , chief9_name = , chief9_position = , parent_department = , w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed (Company)
Reed is an employment agency based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1960 by Sir Alec Reed CBE. Reed's son, James Reed, is the current chairman and Chief Executive. The company's website, Reed.co.uk, was established in 1995 was the UK's first employment website. In 2014 Alexa ranked reed.co.uk as the UK's largest employment agency website. Reed Specialist Recruitment is listed in ''The Sunday Times Fast Track 100'' league of Britain's largest private companies. Reed offers training, outsourcing and HR consultancy services. In 1985, 18% of the company was donated to the Reed Foundation, the Reed family's philanthropic arm. The Foundation created and continues to sponsor The Big Give, one of the UK's largest philanthropic endeavours. Reed Group companies Reed Group has 3500 employees across 350 business units and 180 locations worldwide, dealing in 30 recruitment specialisms. Its headquarters and the majority of its operations are in the UK, alongside offices i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Links (Employment) Ltd
Working Links (formally Working Links (Employment) Limited) was a British outsourcing subcontractor established in 2000 as a public, private and voluntary company that provided welfare services and help with employability. It was acquired by the investment group Aurelius in June 2016. Originally specialising in welfare-to-work, Working Links diversified into other areas of subcontracting of the public sector including the Probation Service. Their turnover grew from £63 million in 2006 to £123 million in 2012. Despite having had £1 billion of contracts, Working Links went into administration in February 2019. In 2012 company was the subject of fraud allegations made by its former chief auditor Eddie Hutchinson. Working Links denied the allegations, stating that they have "a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and rigorous processes in place to handle any suspected incidents of fraud or other misconduct." The Department for Work and Pensions stated that the "allega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variant Magazine
''Variant'' () was a free cultural magazine based in Glasgow, Scotland, and founded in 1984. Available in both print and internet editions, it was distributed mainly though arts and cultural institutions through Britain and Ireland. Although nominally an arts and cultural bulletin, the magazine also dealt with broader social and political issues, often from a left-leaning perspective. 15,000 copies were distributed per issue.Variant Advertising Retrieved 11 February 2010. Volume 1 ran from issue 1 (1984) to 16 (1994), almost twice a year; volume 2 ran from 1996 to 2012, two or three times a year. Contributors included people such as cultural theorist Angela McRobbie, artist |
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus ( cy, Canolfan byd Gwaith; gd, Ionad Obrach is Eile) is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2011, Jobcentre Plus was an executive agency which reported directly to the Minister of State for Employment. It was formed by the amalgamation of two agencies, the Employment Service, which operated Jobcentres, and the Benefits Agency, which ran social security offices. Role of Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus was an executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions of the government of the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2011. The functions of Jobcentre Plus were subsequently provided directly through the Department for Work and Pensions. The agency provided services primarily to those attempting to find employment and to those requiring the issuing of a financial provision due to, in the first case, lack of employment, of an allowance to assist with the living costs and expenditure intrinsic to the effort to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
